Published: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 05:12 PM.

The New Bern-Craven County Public Library is closed through Sunday in honor of the Easter holiday, but next week is event-filled, including an inspirational pilgrimage talk, book discussions, poetry programs, a reception for new library leaders and Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“A Novel Idea” Book Discussion Club meets Monday at 1 p.m., with the featured novel “Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini. It is the heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant. The club is free and the book is available at the library. Conference Room.

The YA Poetry Café Reception is at 6 p.m. Monday, with poetry readings and refreshments. All teens are welcome.

Tuesday evening at 7 p.m., The Friends of the New Bern Public Library hosts an inspirational program, “Camino de Santiago.”

It is the story of Fairfield Harbour resident Dan Miller’s 560-mile pilgrimage walk from St. Jean Pied de Port in the Pyrenees of France to Santiago de Compostela and finishing at the “End of the Earth” — Finisterre, Spain.

His story is one of reflection and solitude, a physical, emotional, spiritual and social experience.

The Friends of the Library and the New Bern-Craven County Board of Trustees welcome new library leaders in an April 26 reception, from 3 to 5 p.m.

The New Bern-Craven County Public Library is closed through Sunday in honor of the Easter holiday, but next week is event-filled, including an inspirational pilgrimage talk, book discussions, poetry programs, a reception for new library leaders and Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“A Novel Idea” Book Discussion Club meets Monday at 1 p.m., with the featured novel “Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini. It is the heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant. The club is free and the book is available at the library. Conference Room.

The YA Poetry Café Reception is at 6 p.m. Monday, with poetry readings and refreshments. All teens are welcome.

Tuesday evening at 7 p.m., The Friends of the New Bern Public Library hosts an inspirational program, “Camino de Santiago.”

It is the story of Fairfield Harbour resident Dan Miller’s 560-mile pilgrimage walk from St. Jean Pied de Port in the Pyrenees of France to Santiago de Compostela and finishing at the “End of the Earth” — Finisterre, Spain.

His story is one of reflection and solitude, a physical, emotional, spiritual and social experience.

The Friends of the Library and the New Bern-Craven County Board of Trustees welcome new library leaders in an April 26 reception, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Cassandra Hunsucker is the New Bern librarian and Susan Simpson is director of the Craven-Pamlico-Carteret Regional Library.

Hunsucker, a High Point native, earned her Master of Library and Information Studies degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Prior to being hired in New Bern, she worked as librarian at the Mint Hill Branch Library and Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

“I learn something new every day at the library, and the staff and patrons have been so welcoming,” she said. “I am glad that I chose to make New Bern my new home and am looking forward to many wonderful years with the library as we grow into the future.”

Simpson started with the Carteret County Public Library in 1985 as interlibrary loan librarian, and became librarian in 1993. She has served as interim regional director since October 2012.

She earned an Asian Studies Minor from Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, a BA in Anthropology, an MA in Sociology, and an MLS degree from East Carolina University.

“I was born in Asheville, grew up in Charlotte, and have lived in Carteret County on the coast for almost 40 years — downhill all the way,” she said. “My husband and I enjoy sailing, fishing, and generally messing around with boats.”

Holocaust Remembrance Day — “Journeys Through the Holocaust” is set for April 27.

The theme for the 2 p.m. program recalls the various journeys taken during this dark period, from deportation to incarceration to freedom, and how this experience transformed the lives of those who endured it. “These are stories of pain and suffering, yet ultimately also of triumph and renewal, serving as a guiding force for future generations,” according to a library description of the program.